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Pope Francis to open 5 sacred portals on Christmas Eve — for a ritual that’s never been done beforeAfter that Christmas Eve ritual, Pope Francis will open a symbolic door inside ... the Solemnity of Mary — the Holy Door at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major outside the Vatican in Rome ...
In a Sunday television interview, Pope Francis emphasized that hope and forgiveness are at the root of the 2025 Jubilee.
Those words bring us back to Christmas, for the Word ... the lonely and the dying,” Francis said. The pope continued his emphasis on Mary in his Angelus address to St. Peter’s Square, saying ...
The plan was to publish the pope's memoirs after his death, writes co-author Carlo Musso. But Francis decided to release the ...
The Mass also marked the Jubilee Year, launched on Christmas, with Francis noting that 'Mary is the door through which Christ entered this world,' quoting St. Ambrose. Pope Francis delivers his ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican ...
The incident comes just weeks after he suffered a facial injury and battled a cold during the Christmas season. Francis spent much of the past decade as pope in ... at St. Mary Major Basilica ...
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Pope calls for commitment to protect life as he doubles down on abortion in New Year’s Day messageFrancis, 88, celebrated a New Year’s Day Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday that was dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus ... the final big event of Francis’ busy Christmas schedule. For the ...
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Pope asks aide to deliver his annual foreign policy address, tells ambassadors he’s battling a coldPope Francis ... to an aide. Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, often suffers bouts of bronchitis in winter that leave him out of breath and make it difficult to speak at length ...
Pope calls for nations to overcome divisions in Christmas address as communities celebrate worldwide
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged ... which has pictures of Christian leaders and Jesus and Virgin Mary as well as written prayers in every ...
Francis, 88, celebrated a New Year’s Day Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday that was dedicated to Mary ... of Francis' busy Christmas schedule. For the pope, who suffers from recurrent ...
this means that today too he comes among us in all those who need similar care,” the pope said. The Mass also marked the jubilee year, launched on Christmas, with Francis noting that “Mary is ...
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